Marvel’s “Avengers” is the #3 motion picture revenue generator of all-time, behind only Avatar & Titanic. Disney/Marvel has 4 more “Avengers” movies coming out and speaking as a geek that knows the storylines, I believe they’re all going to be bigger than the original “Avengers”. (Note: Captain America: Civil War is effectively an Avengers title)
Marvel’s recent “Guardians of the Galaxy” was the #1 revenue generating movie of 2014. They have “Guardians of the Galaxy 2” coming up in 2 years.
Additionally, Disney’s recent release of the “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” trailer & acknowledgement that “Frozen 2” is definitely in the works by “Elsa’s” Idina Menzel is all icing on the cake.
Why am I bringing this up?
From Oct 29th, 2014, the following is the motion picture release schedule for Marvel Entertainment for the next 5 years (aka Phase 3), as announced at the El Capitan Theatre a couple weeks ago. If you know Marvel lore, and more importantly, how much money these films have brought in, hold on to your hats, folks: This is about to get crazy fun.
PHASE 1: (2008-2012 $3.8B in revenue)
- Ironman
- The Incredible Hulk
- Ironman 2
- Thor
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- The Avengers
PHASE 2: (2013-2015 $revenue TBD)
- Ironman 3 ($1215m)
- Thor: The Dark World ($640m)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($714m)
- Guardians of the Galaxy ($770)
- May 5, 2015: The Avengers: Age of Ultron
- July 17, 2015: Ant Man
PHASE 3: (2016-2019)
- May 6, 2016: Captain America: Civil War
- Nov 4, 2016: Doctor Strange
- May 5, 2017: Guardians of the Galaxy 2
- July 28, 2017: Thor: Ragnarok
- Nov 3, 2017: Black Panther
- May 4, 2018: The Avengers: Infinity War (Part 1)
- June 6, 2018: Captain Marvel
- Nov 2, 2018: Marvel’s: Inhumans
- May ?, 2019: The Avengers: Infinity War (Part 2)
Someone video captured the announcement.
- VIDEO: Full Marvel Phase 3 Announcement (Marvel President Kevin Feiges, El Capitan Theatre, Oct 29, 2014 – 24min)
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L2VoJuVfbjI
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